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Satellite detects 1,046 hotspots from forest fires in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellite has detected 1,046 hotspots from forest, plantation and peatland fires across Sumatra ...

Strict law enforcement ordered against forest fire perpetrators

As haze shrouded Sumatras cities over the past two months, President Yudhoyono has ordered strict law enforcement to ...

Four tigers wander around as their habitat catches fire

Four Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) were wandering in the area where fire brigade personnel were ...

Four districts declare emergency status due to haze

Four districts in the Riau Province have declared a state of emergency due to the haze arising from forest, plantation ...

Number of hotspots in Riau double

The number of hotspots of forest, plantation and peatland fires in Riau Province on Wednesday morning was 256, double ...

Satellite detects 81 hotspots in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellite detected 81 hotspots of forest, plantation and peat land fires in Riau Province on Monday ...

528 hotspots of forest fires detected in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellite detected a total of 528 hotspots of forest, plantation, and peatland fires across Sumatra ...

Law enforcement strengthened to tackle Sumatran forest fires

Hotspots in forests, plantations and peatland fires, which came early on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands this year, ...

Indonesia launches all-out fight against forest fires

As haze coming from forest, plantation and peatland fires has affected thousands of lives of people in Sumatra as ...

People in fire-affected Dumai hold prayer for rain

Hundreds of residents of Dumai, Riau Province, here on Tuesday held a special prayer for rain, called "Sholat Istisqa" ...

Joint team with 1,400 personnel sent to Sumatra to put out fires

A joint team consisting of 1,400 personnel from the Indonesian military, police and the National Disaster Mitigation ...

Number of Sumatra`s fire hot spots drops significantly

The NOAA satellite detected 21 hot spots from forest, plantation and peatland fires across Sumatra, including 13 in ...

When haze attacks three countries, cooperation needed

Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland ...

Riau trying to block peatland fires

Four teams of the Riau forest fire and rescue brigade called "Manggala Agni" have been trying to block peatland ...

Australian envoy for climate change visits C Kalimantan

Australian Ambassador for Climate Change Justin Lee visited an Australia-funded REDD+ pilot project in Palangkaraya, ...